Carlisle Cranberry Bog

[Alan Ankers]

On a dragonfly walk yesterday, we had a good variety of butterflies; their species count was only one short of the odonates:

 

Cranberry Bog, Carlisle, MA

June 6, 2026

 

Common Ringlet 6

American Copper 1

Silvery Blue 3

Zabulon Skipper 1

Pearl Crescent 4

Bronze Copper 1

Clouded Sulphur 1

Least Skipper 1

Silver-bordered Fritillary 5

Viceroy 1

Peck’s Skipper 3

Cabbage White 1

Eastern Pine Elfin 1

Long Dash 1

 

There was also a couple of large dark butterflies that flew by; we were pretty sure they were Red-spotted Purple.

 

Alan Ankers

Carlisle, MA